Imagine if you opened a book and saw a photo of an American Civil War soldier flashing a thumbs-up.

This gesture would be a glaring anachronism (see definition and hear pronunciation below).

Films and literature usually strive to be authentic, but sometimes they do contain such historical inaccuracies. For example, there may be an occasional slip-up in which modern speech or dress creeps into a period piece.

It often takes a keen observer, however, to notice when the chronology isn’t quite right!

Cool word vocabulary question of the day: Think of some of your favorite books and movies that are set in either the distant past or future. Are there any anachronisms in them?

Anachronism: Something, such as an object, event or custom, that is chronologically out of place.

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